D4.3 The ELIXIR Compute Platform: A Technical Services Roadmap for supporting Life Science Research in Europe

This version of the ELIXIR Technical Services Roadmap (ELIXIR-EXCELERATE deliverable D4.3) has been written at the end of PY3 of the ELIXIR-EXCELERATE project (August 2018) and represents an update to the previous version that was established in August 2017 ( Deliverable D4.2) and will be updated again in Summer 2019 before the project ends. This version of the roadmap contains a summary of the technical work undertaken during PY3, an assessment of the Platform’s capability defined through a number of Technical Use Cases (TUCs), and an assessment of the ability of the ELIXIR Compute Platform (through these TUCs) to support scientific community-driven use cases, and the plans for the future evolution of these integrated services during PY4.

The ELIXIR Compute Platform (ECP) experts have met twice this year to communicate progress in technical service integration driven by the requirements of the ELIXIR scientific communities. The ELIXIR Technical Services Roadmap focuses on requirements of four ELIXIR communities (i.e. marine metagenomics, plants, rare diseases and human data) and training. As these communities also evolve quickly, the roadmap is a living document that provides advice as to the current and future implementation activities, and is subject to change between versions that is publicly accessible and commentable.